Pokémon Direct Summary
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blhaSxUJ-OU
The recently finished Pokémon Direct gave some great new information about Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, as well as shedding some light on a new service being launched alongside the two games called Pokémon Bank.
New Pokémon?
Eagle-eyed fans have spotted that a new Pokémon makes a very brief appearance in the Direct broadcast. There’s no further information on the Pokémon. But we’ll bring updates when they arrive!
Pokémon Bank
This service will allow players to store their Pokémon online in a central place and will work across different copies of Pokémon X & Y. There will be an annual fee, but Pokémon Bank will be able to hold up to 3,000 Pokémon and is accessible anywhere you have a 3DS compatible internet connection.
Sorting and moving Pokémon has been made easy with search tools which allow players to look for Pokémon of a certain type or sort them by different criteria.
Mega Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise
Mega Venusaur
“When Venusaur becomes Mega Venusaur, the flower on the Pokémon’s back blooms even more fantastically than before. Its legs and frame become more sturdy to support the weight of the huge flower.”
Mega Venusaur’s type remains the same, but its ability becomes Thick Fat which reduces damage from TWO of its weaknesses: Fire-type & Ice-type attacks. The Mega Evolution also grants it increased Defense and Special Defense.
Mega Charizard
“When Charizard becomes Mega Charizard, its pointed horns and long tail give the Pokémon a look of sleek sharpness. Mega Charizard is in a league of its own when it comes to flying prowess, able to reach incredible heights.”
Mega Charizard also retains its original Fire/Flying typing (sorry to those of you who wanted Fire/Dragon!), but does get an exciting new ability: Drought! Perfect for Sunny Day teams! The official site has confirmed that it has improved Special Attack.
Mega Blastoise
“The two rocket launchers on Blastoise’s shoulders turn into a single huge cannon when it Mega Evolves into Mega Blastoise. This cannon boasts a blast range so great that it can strike targets more than six miles away!”
Mega Blastoise, like the rest, retains its Water typing, but gains a new ability introduced in Generation VI: Mega Launcher. This ability raises the power of “pulse” type moves, such as Water Pulse and Dark Pulse.
Pokémon X & Y Special Edition 3DS XLs
For North American and European Pokémon fans, the two exclusive X & Y-themed 3DS XL models have been announced for sale outside of Japan. They come in a blue or red edition to correlate with the games.
Hi today I have come to tell you guys some info about x and y. The z legend is called zyxaral and the starters evolve into water fighting grass dark and fire fairy. There are also trainer equips lik the keystone and roller skates
Nice try.
Here’s what I’m confused about; is it for sure known that Sycamore will give us the original starters at the beginning of the game? Did it say when he would give them to us? It wouldn’t make much sense to give us another set of starters when we just got one. It would really take away from that whole bonding with the new starter. And the whole point at the beginning is to catch your first pokemon using your starter. It would make much more sense if he gave them to us after we beat the elite four or something. Can someone please clarify?
Here is what I believe is going to happen- Sycamore appears in the intro and says that your friends have the starters. You get the Kalos starters later when you meet Sycamore in Lumiose city he will give you the Kanto starters.
Well, it appears that this is a continuation of where you get your starter, and then right before you fight the first gym, or maybe after, whichever, you get the other starter, like in Black and White, where you receive one of the Elemental Monkeys right at the beginning. Only difference being that you can choose which Kanto Starter you want, instead of having the appropriate Monkey based on your original starter, given to you. That’s what I took away from it, at least.
O okay that makes more sense now. But that also kinda stinks because I only want to use new pokemon but now I’m being tempted by these kanto starters!
Understandable. It kinda screws up my wanting to do nothing but a Dark Type run, provided that Chespin evolves to a Dark Type. As having Charmander from the beginning is tempting…
BTW, as you can see in this image https://securecdn.disqus.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/608/2989/original.jpg he says that it would be fantastic if you took another Pokemon with you. Suggesting that he will give you the Kanto starters when you meet him. He is in his lab which is located in Lumiose city also suggesting you meet him there. https://securecdn.disqus.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/608/2612/original.jpg in this image you see Shauna asking Tierno about the starters suggesting he gives you the starters.
Thank you! That cleared things right up. But now I have to make another choice as to which second starter I want. They’re all so tempting!
What I do is imagine my team. No duplicated types. If I have Pikachu I will not have another Electric type. Since your rival will have a Pokemon strong against your rival I would choose one that’s strong against her starter. That image also could imply that Shauna and Serena are getting Kanto starters too..Anyway I choose the Pokemon I like of all different types. I’m getting Chespin and Charmander, I was planning on using Talonflame but Charizard has the same typing and is better so I would choose Charmander. There I have 1/3 of my team set. 🙂 Yes Charmander would be the same type as my rival’s Pokemon but I have to choose Charmander.
I never repeat types either. I try to stick to dual types if I can. I don’t like single types as much. But I’m trying to stay away from the Kanto starters! I want a purely Kalos team. At least for my first run through of the game.
I would use, Talonflame if you don’t choose Fennekin, Sylveon or Swirlix, Helioptile, Pancham if you don’t choose Chespin, Clauncher or Skrelp, etc.
Yeah I’m probably going with Fennekin and I will most likely have Skrelp too unless there is some cooler water type. Possibly Pancham too, but that depends on if fennekin is psychic or not. If it’s not, I’m almost certain that I’m going with Malamar, so I will cover dark there instead. I might go with Helioptile as my electric, but that depends on if it evolves/is any good. I also want a fairy type so I’m hoping Spritzee evolves into fairy/flying so I can cover those there too. So it’s pretty much all up in the air at this point haha
im about 90% sure we get them at the beginning
Idk..that would just be so weird! I’d rather have them after a gym or 2 like some people have been saying. Course it’s not my decision. Plus I won’t even be using the Kanto starters first time through anyways so it’s not too big of an issue for me.
We don’t meet the Prof until we reach Lumiose so it’s atleast after our first badge.
It would kinda be like playing Pokemon light platinum. Although you get each starter at different points in the game.
I…LOVE these mega evolutions : D X and Y, please come out now!
Nintendo should make a 3ds cable hdmi cord so we can have battles on the tv
Technically not possible, but it’d be so nice I guess.
Am i the only one who is not going to use the kanto starter? (If you get one at the beginning)
I’m pondering over that as well. I was considering maybe using an all Gen-VI team. In addition, it would be a bad move for me to use two grass-types throughout the game and I like both grass starters.
I’m pickin up Froakie, Squirtle, Skrelp (and Sudowoodo becuase he’s my favorite pokemon) on my team 🙂 I love my water types!
To me Mega evolutions are the hyper awesome super evolutions that I dreamed that my starter could do as a child, obviously because I was so much more powerful than every character I met and naturally it is normal for my Pokemon to have a special over powered form that no one else could have!
This was the dream of every child that played Gen 1 back in the day, I think Game Freak are awesome for making fans dreams a reality.
It has taken some time, but GF are starting to create the things fans have always dreamed of. Perhaps because it seems a logical extension or evolution, or maybe fans that have a deep bond with the franchise are able to just understand the kind of world that the developers are trying to bring to life!
If they made a Mega Kingdra, my inner child would be so happy because I drew a 4th stage evolution many years ago. Please Gamefreak, make it happen!
Shoot, I was going to start off the game with Chespin, but Bulbasaur is so tempting now that Venusaur’s mega-evolution is a defensive wall. Gah, this is so difficult!
One quick question: do the Kanto starters have their normal abilities or DW abilities?
Most likely normal abilities, but GF loves throwing curve pokeballs at us 😉
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I hope there will be a megaditto. This ditto will than transform into the mega evolution of the opponent pokemon.
Wouldn’t Mega Launcher also power up the moves Dragon Pulse and Heal Pulse? Presumably if Blastoise could learn those moves.
Hello I finally decided to join pokejungle.
Anyways at the risk of sounding stupid can’t you get all of the starters if you upload them to the cloud restart and do this twice more?
I think they should not yet release the 2nd gen megavolutions. so that we’ll have something to look forward to in the 7th gen
I think they should not yet release the 2nd gen megavolutions. so that we’ll have something to look forward to in the 7th gen
could that mysterious pokemon be a pre-evolution of a gryphon-like pokemon…?